Algeria suspends art festivals this summer in solidarity with the Gaza Strip

ALGIERS, Jul.13, (ST) – Algeria’s Culture Ministry announced yesterday that it is suspending all major art festivals this summer in solidarity with the Gaza Strip which has been under a devastating Israeli onslaught since October.

A statement by Culture Minister Soraya Mouloudji said the ministry will instead intensify activities that express the country’s solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

Mouloudji said the decision comes from Algeria’s supportive fixed position toward “the Palestinian cause and its brave legitimate struggle against Zionist brutality.”

The ministry organizes several major art festivals every summer, including the Timgad International Cultural Festival in Batna in eastern Algeria and the Kazif International Festival in the capital of Algiers.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7.

More than 38,300 Palestinians have since been martyred, mostly women and children, and nearly 88,300 injured, according to local health authorities.

Source: WAFA

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